Capitalism versus Marx's communism

Laurence Thomas

pp. 67-79

in: Studies in East European Thought 20 (1), 1979.

Abstract

In this paper, I have assessed Marx's criticism of capitalism, and the practice of divided labor, from the standpoint of two important senses of worth which persons can have, namely self-respect and self-esteem. I have tried to show that in either case, Communism, as Marx envisioned it, is not the superior to capitalism he might have supposed. Along the way, I hope to have also shown the importance of distinguishing between two concepts, namely self-respect and self-esteem.

Cited authors

Marx Karl